Researchers conducted a survey of general surgery residents at the 2008 American Board of Surgery In-Service Training Examination. They found that sex, marital status, children, postgraduate year and program location, type and size are predictors of confidence in surgery residents.
Single residents were 1.36 times more likely than married students to believe their skills were not level appropriate. Residents with children, residents at a lower postgraduate year and residents at larger, university-based programs in the northeastern United States were also less confident in their operating skill.
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